Cloth



Feb 27, 1923 1,446,495; H. n. BRENNER.

CLOTH EXAMINING AND MEASURING MACHINE.

FILED Nov. a. 1920. 5 SHEETSSHEET 1- Feb, 27, 19230 I 1,446,495.

H. D. BRENNER.

' CLOTH EXAMINING AND MEASURING MACHINE.

FILED NOV. 8. 1920. 5 SHEETS-SHEET 2- Ewe 2221 Feb. 27, 19 238 mw sc H. D- BRENNER.

CLOTH EXAMINING AND MEASURING MACHINE.

FILED NOVI 8. 1920. 5 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

Feb 27, 1923.,

CLOTH EXAMi 1,446,495. H.D.BBENNER.'

NING AND MEASURING MACHINE.

FILED NOV. 8. I920. 5 SHEETSSHEET 4- 5 SHEETSSHEET 5- 'Feb 27 19230 I H. D. BRENNER. CLOTH EXAMINING AND MEASURING MACHINE FILED NOV. 8. 1920.

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#Fwan b/"x fl maigg jg/ N Y r Fr, i atented Feb, 2?, 119230 i liai'gwaiegw BRENNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; ABSIGNOR OE-GIIE-FOUPJEH TG- GER, ONE-FGURLM TO 'EIIILTOIN MiCGHIil, AND" DN'E FGIU T GEAR-EHO? A. COHN, ALL OF CHICAGO, KLEIN 01S;

CLGTH EXE ail-NIH AIFD Iai'EASU'BCQNG JE Z'AGHINE;

Application filed. NovemberS, 1920; Serial NQAAL ZJJZO To cZ." velar/1i Si 21mg, concern Figure 3 is a, front elevation of said, ma-

Be it known thatl, JHERBEAN D. BRENNER, chine, of Chicago, Cool: County, Illinois, have in Figure 4-. is a. rear elevation. of said. ma-

vented a certain new and useful Improve chine,

ment Cloth :rtminingz; and hleasuring Figure 5is a. vertical section. on line viachines, of which the following is a speci inv Figure 3,

fication. Figure 6' is a detail sectionv on line 66. in

This invention relates to machines for ex- Figure 3,

a-mining cloth, or to machines for measuring Figure 7 is. an enlarged detail! view of a cloth, or machinesfor both purposes, such portion of the. controller by which the opas those employed by manufacturing tailors, erator or inspector controls the movement. of or in. other establishments where large quanthe cloth, tit'esof cloth are handled. Figure 8 is a detail. View of a portion of Generally stated, the object of the inthe main feed roll, showing adjacent porvention is to provide an improved constructions of the machine. tion and arrangement whereby the cloth will As thus illustrated, the invention. conitravel over a surface, when it is spread out, prises an upright frame 1 upon which the so that the surface is covered by the full table is supported in an. inclined position, width of the cloth, and whereby the inspecpractically at about an angle of forty-five to? or attendant operating the machine ma; degrees, shown, the upper end of said control the movement of the cloth at will, so table or incline overhanging the rear side, that the cloth can be stopped whenever such of the machine for some distance. A rotary i3 necessary or desirable. member 3 in the form of a feed roll. having Another object is to provide an improved grooves 4: is mounted on a shaft 5 which is construction and arrangement whereby the supported insuitable bearings 6. onthe saidcloth is automatically measured as it travels body frame. T hisshaft, and, therefore, the down hill on an inclined table or other surlarge feed roll 3, are driven positively by face, underthe control of the operator or a sprocket chain '7 which extends to the attendant. sprocket on. the lower shaft 8, the latter be A urther object is to provide an improved iug supported in suitable hearings on the con. ruction anc 'eneral arrangement, and lower portion of the body frame. The shaft, combination of elements or instrumentali 8' is driven by a. motor, 9,, through the meties, whereby means are provided for facilidium. of a worm. gearing 10. of any suitable tating examination of the cloth, and wherecharacter, and through a clutch 11 which by the cloth is automatically measured as it can be opened. and closedto start and stop travels along. the operation. of the machine. A suitable It is also an object to provide certain decontroller for this clutch comprises a transtails and features of construction and com- .verse handle or cylindric member 12 sup binations tending to increase the generaleiiiported in bearings 13 on the body frame, ciency and desirablity of a machine of this said; controller being movable endwise, to particular character, or any machine con a limited extent, in said bearings. A rock structed to receive cloth for any necessary. or shaft M is mounted in ljiearings 15 on the desired purpose. lower portion of the body frame, and is pro- 5 To these and other useful ends the invenvided with a yoke 16 for operating said tion consists in matters hereinafter set forth clutch. An arm 17 is secured at. itsv lower and claimed and shown in the accompanyend toan upturned. end portion of the rock inc: drawings in which: shaft 1.4 and is formed.- at its upper end to Figure l is a side elevation of a cloth errextend through a slot- 18 in the under side 0 aminin a' and measuring machine embodying of thesaid handle. or controller. 12. whereby the principles of the invention, endwise movement, of the latter will rock Figure 9 is a similar view showing the the shaft 1% and thereby open and close the othc" side of said machine, clutch to control the rotation of the rotary frame.

in the desired manner. 7, nects the pulley with a smaller pulley 37 on the outer end of the previously mentioned 23 travel around the roll 19 and below the roll 3, below the cloth, to carry the latter away from the two feed rolls to a point at the rear of the machine where said belts travel around another roll 24-. which is supported in suitable bearings on the projecting end portions 25 at th rear'of the body An idler roll 26 is mounted imme diately below the roll 8 to engage the upper surface of the lower stretches of the bolts 23, so that the belts are properly guided.

A rod 2'? extends'transversely of the body frame, nearthe roll 26, and is provided with adjustable guides 28 for said belts, whereby the latter are maintained the proper distance apart. Below the table or incline '2 a transverse bar 29 is mounted on the body frame and provided with curved springs 30'to which are attached the straight bars 31 that engage the grooves 45, previously mentioned, so that the cloth is prevented from following the upward moving surface 'of the roll 3, in a manner that will be readily understood. When the cloth passes over the roll 24 it falls immediately upon the that board 82v which is hinged at on the body frame to swing about a transverse axis, so that the cloth will be swung back and forth and thereby folded back and forth on the floor below. The board or plate or member 32 thus operated constitutes a folder, and is operated by a pitman connectet to the belt pulley 85 on the outer end of the shaft 5', previously mentioned, so that the said folder 32 1S swung back and forth A cross belt 86 conroll 2 so that the latter is driven positively by the driving connection 7, previously described, thereby to prevent slippage in the feeding of the cloth. The cloth is fed to the upper endof he table 2 in any suitable or desired manner, but automatically comes from a bolt or roll on which the cloth has been doubled, so that the cloth is of double thickness, and only one-half the width thereof. Therefore, before the cloth can be properly spread over the inclined surface of the table 2, itinust be opened up or spread out flat, and means comprising the unfolder are provided for this purpose. The said unfolder is preferably in the form of a rod,. bent into V-shape with its apex or point extending downward, and with its upper ends mounted in rotatable supports 39 suitably carried on the upper end of said table.

tween the side portions of the rod and. then over the roll 40 provided at the upper end of the table. In this way the cloth folded to a double thickness, so that it is only one-half the full width, is automatically opened and spread out before it reaches the roll 40, and then travels downward upon the upper surface of the inclined table 2 in such condition and insucli a manner that the inspector or at endant standing the front of the machine may easily examine all portions of the cloth before it travels on to the lower feed rollii, previously mentioned. it cloth meter ll, of any suitable, known or approved character, is mounted on the end of a swinging arm l2 which is hingedto the side edge of the table at said meter eing provided with an operating wheel 44 wnich rests upon the traveling cloth. In this way the meter floats on the cloth, so to speak, and operated by the downward motion of the cloth register the number of yards of clothing through the machine.

ll ith the foregoing "construction and arrangement'and mode ofoperation, it will be seen that the cloth botl enters and leaves the machine at spected cr'unexamined cloth bein unfolded and supplied in a spread-out condition to the top or upper edge of theinclinedtable, and the examined and ineasu ed cloth being discharged from the machine at a point below the unfolder 88, and caused to fold back and forth on the'ifloor below. therefore, the cloth is all kept at the rear of the machine, out of the way of the operator or inspector, and the latter stands in front of the machine in position to control'the op eration tiereof at will, and this is true regardless of whether the 'lllS gX'lCi'Ol or enaminer is standing atthe nhldle of the machine,

passor at either side thereof, because the cou inent i oiled, ex-

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member to fold the cloth discharged from the n'iachine, and means to unfold the cloth to its full width before it travels downward on said table.

9. A structure as specified in claim 8, and guards for said member below the table.

10. A structure as specified in claim 1, and guards for said instrumentalities below said means.

11. A strl'icture as specified in claim 8, said member having circumferential grooves, and guards engaging said grooves below the table and above the cloth on said belts.

12. A structure as specified in claim 8, and adjustable guides for said belts below said rotary member.

'13. In a machine for receiving cloth, a spreader therefor adapted to unfold the cloth to its full width before it enters the machine, and a guide roll for the cloth at the upper end of the spreader, said spreader having an opening through which the cloth must pass to reach said roll, which latter is dis-- posed between the sides of the spreader.

1 1-. A cloth examining machine as specified in claim 1, said means comprising an inclined table, in combination with a roll to deliver the cloth to the upper end of said table cooperating with said friction means to ensure the smooth spreading out of the cloth on said examining surface.

1.5. A cloth examining machine as specified in claim 1, said'instrumentalities having a controller which extends across the front of the machine.

16. Acloth examining machine as specified in claim 1, said instrumentalities comprising a rotary member to provide the frictional driving contact with the under-surface of the cloth, a long roll in front of said mei'nber, a long roll below said member, a third roll at the rear of the machine, belts supported on said rolls to engage the under side of said member, and a frictional driv ing connection from said member to the roll-.-

at the rear of the machine. 7

17. A cloth examining machine as specified in claim 1, said instrumentalities including means whereby the cloth both enters and leaves the machine at the extreme rear thereof, with the point of discharge'directly below the point of entry above.

18. A structure as specified in claim 1, said surface being white and smooth.

19. In a cloth examining machine, the combination of an inclined table, a friction drum arranged to receive the cloth from the lower end of said table, feed belts arranged to travel downward in front of said drum, then under the drum, and then rearward and upward to a point at the rear of themachine, means to positively drivesaid friction drum, and means to direct the cloth to the upper end of said table.

20. A structure as specified in claim 19, in combination with means on the axis of said drum to positively drive said belts.

21. A structure as specified in claim 19, having an idler roll for said belts in front of and close to said drum.

22. A structure as specified in claim 19, in combination with a folder at the rear of the machine, and means on the axis of said drum to operate said folder.

23. In a cloth examining machine, the combination of means to provide an inclined table for the cloth, and instrumentalities supported independently of said .table to pull the cloth under control over said table, said instrumentalities including a rough surface friction drum disposed at the lower end of said table to receive the cloth, and means to drive said drum.

2a. In a machine of the class described, the combination of means for providing an inclined surface upon which the cloth is spread out and allowed to travel downward. with the right side thereof exposed to View, and instrumentalities for causingthe cloth to travel downward on said surface, said instrumentalities including a feeding drum having means to engage the under or wrong side of the cloth to positively feed the latter in the desired manner, means for driving said drum, and means to support said drum in position to receive the cloth directly from the lower edge of said examining surface.

HERMAND. BRENNER. 

